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複雑 (ふくざつ, fukuzatsu) Japanese meaning: complex | Kotomora
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この 問もん 題だい は とても 複ふく 雑ざつ で 、 解かい 決けつ が 難むずか しい 。
This problem is very complex and hard to solve.
His explanation was too complicated, and I couldn't understand what he was saying.
I have mixed feelings—happy but a little lonely.
Usage patterns 複ふく 雑ざつ な 気き 持も ち mixed feelings
Hearing about her marriage left me with mixed feelings.
複ふく 雑ざつ な 事じ 情じょう complicated circumstances
There seem to be complicated circumstances behind it.
〈 事こと 〉 が 複ふく 雑ざつ になる for a matter to become complicated
The story is getting complicated, so please explain it again.
〈 事こと 〉 を 複ふく 雑ざつ にする to make something complicated
The unnecessary conditions are making the problem more complicated.
Kanji 複 duplicate, double, compound Related words ややこしい is a colloquial word implying something troublesome or confusing to deal with, while 複雑 is neutral and works in formal writing too.
難解 focuses on being hard to understand or interpret (like a text or theory), whereas 複雑 emphasizes having many interconnected parts.
入り組む is a verb describing things (streets, circumstances) becoming tangled or intricate, often used as 入り組んだ, close in meaning to 複雑な.
複雑 describes something structurally intricate in a neutral sense, while 煩雑 adds the nuance of being troublesome and burdensome, especially for procedures or paperwork.
Opposites· 6 simple; plain; uncomplicated
複雑 means 'complicated', the direct opposite of シンプル 'simple/uncomplicated'.
複雑 means complicated or intricate, the opposite of the plain, uncomplicated quality expressed by 素朴.
Show 3 more Word family· 12 complexity; degree of complication
complication; becoming complicated
complexity · complex; complicated
complex system
Written forms 複ふく 雑ざつ Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
フクザツ Usage <1%
Etymology Compound of 複 (multiple, compound) and 雑 (miscellaneous, mixed). The combination conveys the idea of many elements intermingled, hence 'complex'.
簡かん 略りゃく
N1
複雑 means 'complicated', contrasting with 簡略, which describes something made simple or concise.
複雑 means complicated or intricate, contrasting with the uncomplicated plainness of 簡素.
複雑 means complicated, the opposite of 簡単 in its sense of 'simple'.
complex and wide-ranging; labyrinthine
Show 5 more complex and diverse; complicated and varied
complex and mysterious; complicated and inscrutable
complex and subtle; delicately intricate
complicated and mysterious; intricate and bizarre
compound fracture; complex fracture
